Yemen’s Houthi rebels stated Monday that in a single day U.S. airstrikes west of Sanaa killed seven folks and wounded dozens extra, updating an earlier casualty toll.
The strikes concentrating on a manufacturing unit within the al-Sawari industrial zone within the Bani Matar area led to “the martyrdom of seven citizens and the injury of 29 others, including one in critical condition,” Houthi-controlled media reported.
“Among the wounded were five children and a woman, indicating that the victims were workers in the factory, the houses and the farm next to it,” the Iran-backed rebels’ official media added, citing a press release from the Houthi Health Ministry.
On Sunday, Houthi channels reported that U.S. strikes focused numerous different areas within the nation, together with within the Saada and Hodeida provinces.
Rebel-held areas of Yemen have seen near-daily strikes blamed on the United States since Washington launched an air marketing campaign towards the Houthis on March 15 to drive them to cease threatening vessels in key maritime routes.
Since then, the Houthis have additionally launched assaults concentrating on U.S. navy ships and Israel, claiming to be appearing in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The rebels started concentrating on ships transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, in addition to Israeli territory, after the outbreak of the Gaza warfare in October 2023, pausing the assaults throughout a January cease-fire.
Israel reduce off all provides to Gaza at the beginning of March, and resumed its offensive on the Palestinian territory on March 18, ending the short-lived truce.
Source: www.dailysabah.com